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Cop Denies Pressing Store Owner To Arrange Drug Deal With Rob Ford's Friend

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 Mar, 2015 11:26 AM

TORONTO — An undercover cop denies pushing the owner of a dry cleaners to set up a drug deal between him and a friend of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford.

Det. Ross Fernandes also says he does not remember details of several conversations with higher ups about pressing for such a deal.

Fernandes, who no longer works undercover, does tell court that Alexander (Sandro) Lisi was a "target" of his investigation in 2013.

But he says he did not know about an extraordinary police investigation of Ford himself.

That investigation, which led to minor drug charges against Lisi and store owner Jamshid (Jay) Bahrami, failed to yield any charges against Ford.

Both men have pleaded not guilty.

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